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Just got a very old ~10 year used, Toshiba Satellite. I was wondering (since I really do not like Windows ME) if anyone had some VERY lightweight OS's I could take a look at.

Damn Small Linux isn't the best for my little brother..."can it look a little nicer"?

EDIT: would have to be free and --> 256M RAM, 3GB HDD, i don't know the processor specs...

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Some more information like the specs would be nice; and are you looking for a free operating system? – Qosmo Jan 14 '11 at 1:25
done! edited for deets – tekknolagi Jan 14 '11 at 1:31
Might want to look at putting something like xfce or fluxbox on it with a small nix install. Both are meant for low end machines. – MrStatic Jan 14 '11 at 1:44
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I like Slax with XFCE. Very light weight.

Browse around distrowatch.com. They have all the flavors of Linux.

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In terms of interface beauty Slax is really nice. @tekknolagi: try them and see what runs best. – Qosmo Jan 14 '11 at 2:06
sounds nice - thanks guys! – tekknolagi Jan 14 '11 at 2:42
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Have you tried Puppy Linux? The interface seems pleasant and requires very little. I'm sure it will be a breath of fresh air on that computer. The website also has a nice manual explaining things.

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A true super small distro that just works is Slitaz, I used it on an old Dell PII-300mhz with 256MB. This should fit your needs just fine, for web browsing etc.

http://www.slitaz.org/en/

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nice job :) thanks – tekknolagi Jan 14 '11 at 4:12
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If the hardware can do more than run PuppyLinux then, it might even work with lubuntu.

Another option worth trying would be Archlinux with some lightweight desktop, i.e. fluxbox, openbox, awesome, or even xfce.

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